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APPLYING A GENDER LENS TO COVID-19: A DESKTOP RESEARCH REPORT ON GENDER DISAGGREGATION OF NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES AND NUMBER OF DEATHS IN AFRICA
APPLYING A GENDER LENS TO COVID-19: A DESKTOP RESEARCH REPORT ON GENDER DISAGGREGATION OF NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES AND NUMBER OF DEATHS IN AFRICA

“What we lack in terms of taking a gender lens […]

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Sex difference and smoking disposition in patients with COVID-19. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, March 11, 2020
Sex difference and smoking disposition in patients with COVID-19. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, March 11, 2020

Taken together, these data seem to indicate that there might […]

Gendered Innovations: Case Studies from Africa – Short Video Launched
Gendered Innovations: Case Studies from Africa – Short Video Launched

Gender in science, innovation, technology and engineering (GenderInSITE) Africa regional […]

Coronavirus appears to be more fatal in men than in women
Coronavirus appears to be more fatal in men than in women

Data out of Italy, China and South Korea suggest the […]

Why we need gender perspectives in our global solutions to COVID-19
Why we need gender perspectives in our global solutions to COVID-19

How will COVID-19, and its gendered effects be further exacerbated […]

Sex, gender and COVID-19: Disaggregated data and health disparities. BMJ 2020;368:m1090, 18 March 2020
Sex, gender and COVID-19: Disaggregated data and health disparities. BMJ 2020;368:m1090, 18 March 2020

doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1090 Whether sex and gender matter to clinical pathways and […]

Corona puts women in the frontline
Corona puts women in the frontline

Sex differences in risk, women’s care burden, risk for transmission […]

The COVID-19 outbreak and gender
The COVID-19 outbreak and gender

Exacerbated burden of care on women, unaddressed needs of women […]

Paying attention to women’s needs and leadership will strengthen COVID-19 response
Paying attention to women’s needs and leadership will strengthen COVID-19 response

Worldwide, 70% of health care workers are female, women are […]

COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak. The Lancet, March 6, 2020
COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak. The Lancet, March 6, 2020

A quick overview of issues pertaining to sex/gender in COVID-19 […]

The coronavirus fallout may be worse for women than men. Here’s why.
The coronavirus fallout may be worse for women than men. Here’s why.

Women comprise the majority of health and social care workers. […]

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Gender in science, innovation, technology and engineering (SITE) is an international initiative to promote the role of women in science, innovation, technology and engineering, and to demonstrate how applying a gender lens to SITE can provide deeper insights, more effective programmes and more sustainable outcomes in the context of development.

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Agriculture & Food

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Climate Change

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Education & Workforce

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Energy

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Transportation

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